"Wow!!! I can't believe how many years have gone by since this landmark medley was created. This was the second vinyl bootleg that I released. It was released in January 1983.

At the time, I was spinning in Chicago at three different clubs… a straight hipster club, an elite gay club and an urban downtown club. I loved it! Each club had it’s own format/hits and very few tunes crossed over. I loved playing down-tempo funk and R&B at a huge straight/urban club on Michigan Ave, pop and disco at an intimate straight/white club on Division Street and high energy and new wave at a chic, trendy gay club on Oak Street.

Back in the early 80's, the nightclubs in Chicago did not cater to mixed groups of clientele yet… but the music did start to bring diverse groups of people together. Some tunes would cross-over from one crowd to another like The Message by Grandmaster Flash which I played for months in the black club before it crossed over to white clubs, or Native Love by Divine which was a smash at the gay club before it crossed over to the straight clubs. In hindsight, the black clubs and gay clubs helped make songs pop crossovers. I kept this in mind when arranging the song order.

I tried something new in this production – I used every dance hit that came out in 1982 –every single one of them. Black, white, straight, gay – any tune that made a crowd dance – regardless of it’s makeup, was included. This led to some very eclectic (and surprisingly fun) song transitions. Like the 1981 & 1987 medleys, this was all done with a pair of Technics 1200’s, a TEAC two track recorder, a razor blade and miles and miles of magnetic recording tape.

When originally released on vinyl, the medley was broken up into two sections for a twelve inch record “A” and “B” side. Here they have been edited together for your non- stop enjoyment. Many of the songs in this production still pack a dance floor today – while others have faded almost into oblivion. It's a good thing they are represented here and their place in dance music history accounted for.

I know you will love listening to this and I hope it bring back some great memories! For those of you too young to have experienced this in the clubs... too bad - it was an naive, adventurous, awesome time for music and probably the most memorable and magical time in my life."

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